Form Eia-7a - Annual Survey Of Coal Production And Preparation (Page 16 of 16) in pdf

Department of Energy

OMB No. 1905-0167

U.S. Energy Information Administration

Expiration Date: XX/XX/XXXX

1000 Independence Ave., S.W.

Burden: 3.25 hours

Washington, DC 20585

DEFINITIONS

See the EIA Glossary for coal definitions:

SANCTIONS

The timely submission of Form EIA-7A by those required to report is mandatory under Section 13(b) of the Federal Energy

Administration Act of 1974 (FEAA) (Public Law 93-275) as amended (codified at 15 U.S.C. 772). Failure to respond may result in

criminal fines, civil penalties, and other sanctions as provided by law. The government may bring a civil action to prohibit

reporting violations which may result in a temporary restraining order or a preliminary or permanent injunction without bond. In

such a civil action, the court may also issue mandatory injunctions commanding any person to comply with these reporting

requirements. Title 18 U.S.C. 1001 makes it a criminal offense for any person knowingly and willingly to make to any Agency or

Department of the United States any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements as to any matter within its jurisdiction.

REPORTING BURDEN

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 3.25 hours per response, including the time of

reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and

reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of

information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Energy Information Administration, Office of Survey

Development and Statistical Integration, EI-21, Forrestal, 1000 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20585; and to the Office

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

The name and address of the responding company, the mine type or plant type, and location reported on Form EIA-7A is

considered public information and may be released in company identifiable form. All other information reported on this form

will be protected and not disclosed to the public to the extent that it satisfies the criteria for exemption under the Freedom of

Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. §552, the DOE regulations, 10 C.F.R. §1004.11, implementing the FOIA, and the Trade Secrets

Act, 18 U.S.C. §1905.

The Federal Energy Administration Act requires the Energy Information Administration to provide company-specific data to

other Federal agencies when requested for official use. The information reported on these forms may also be made available,

upon request, to another component of the Department of Energy (DOE); to any Committee of Congress, the Government

Accountability Office, or other Federal agencies authorized by law to receive such information. A court of competent jurisdiction

may obtain this information in response to an order. The information may be used for any non-statistical purposes such as

administrative, regulatory, law enforcement, or adjudicatory purposes.

Data protection methods are applied to the “Total Revenue” from “Open Market Sales,” “Captive Market Sales,” and “Export

Coal Sales” reported in Part 5 to ensure that the risk of disclosure of identifiable information is very small. Data protection

methods are not applied to the other aggregate statistical data published from this survey. Thus, there may be some statistics

that are based on data from fewer than three respondents, or that are dominated by data from one or two large respondents. In

these cases, it may be possible for a knowledgeable person to estimate the information reported by a specific respondent.

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